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Kevin wrote me this several years ago: ...I have been wondering if fans have forgotten that the main purpose of The Rifter® is to be a place where FANS can submit adventures, villains, monsters, short stories and source material, and see it (and their name) in print, and be able to share their ideas...

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Ever see the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie? There's a good example in the clip below of what you could get with an odd pairing of non-bipedal and human looks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GahwWwpuA4

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While they weren't called that, one of the TMNT modules (the Space-related one) refers to a race that sells synthetic servants that suit whatever your tastes in appearance, and were perfectly subservient for a number of years until achieving free will (best hope you've treated it well or eliminate ...

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Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael, vs. Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael.

Epic Rap Battles of History... Begin!

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I'm not sure the brothers on the half shell are supposedly still around ....and if that's true they seem to stick with a longer life span ...unless the setting is only 110 years into the future...witch is the normal life span for some turtle species. At the back of the Road Hogs supplement, there i...

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If I remember correctly, the answer I received some time back regarding the lack of character progression beyond starting skills, was that they didn't expect campaigns in AtB to last long enough for this to be an issue. This is part of the reason characters can start off with so many skills compared...

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Might I suggest a much more simple way of handling this. Set a strength level needed to break through several types of chain and then use that to decide if the character can break it. Same with any other feat of Strength; set a difficulty and then have the character test their PS (D20+PS) vs the dif...

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The Multiplex comic drop it's two cents worth on the trailer: http://multiplexcomic.com/strip/900

The CGI in the trailer reminds me of the subpar CGI from the first Hulk movie, so I'm not overly impressed. I also really hate reboot origin stories.

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I've used this theme a few times with Heroes Unlimited over the years. I enjoy it and the different groups reactions when the reveal is made. However, when the group finds out, they usually just take down the group that's been using them and then go underground (A-Team style) because they are fugiti...

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Humans are covered starting on page 119 of AtB Second Edition. However, these rules do not turn the human into an animal. For that, I'd refer you to the Heroes Unlimited 2nd Edition. There is a mutant power that allows the character to take on the traits and powers/abilities of an animal. I don't ha...

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new feature: wings you basically grow usable wings (note: not available if the creature already has wings in it's base description as it already can get them!) bio-cost-35 not available if the creature already has wings... * *Unless you want to create a multi-winged creature like this guy: Angemon ...

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I once had a player who created a cat character who did spent all his character's Bio-E on Psionics. It was one of the most interesting characters I've seen. The character ended up being the inspiration over the years for several more characters that followed the same design and acting as very impor...

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So reading Though the book I was wondering do trains existe in the ATB universe it would seem to me that they would in some parts but it all would have access to them While there are no rules in the books for trains, it's a safe bet that trains do exist in the AtB universe (though that's really up ...

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This video show pretty much what I would expect driving after the apocalypse would be like across much of the country - after the highways have broken down from lack of maintenance and become hazardous and/or largely impassible. Spintires Demo Or take a look at any video of some of Russia's back roa...

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Where did this come from and why didn't anyone tell me?
Wastelander Panda

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I came up with an in-game teaching method some time back: http://atbwarehouse.blogspot.com/2007/04/teacherinstructor.html With home schooling in mind, I think your Rexbot idea has some merit; however game breaking. By this merit, you could have a character that knew everything, which would severely ...

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I know. I did mention the modifications to P.S. in my post. And then went on to say that this was nothing to do with P.S., but to do with the sizes of the natural weapons you have. I'd forgotten that Palladium doesn't include damage modifiers for low attribute scores (I've been playing to much Path...

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The book does have a table that modifies PS down to -12 at Growth Step 1 and up to +19 at Step 25.

Source: AtB2, pg 21.

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Here are some ideas I've posted on my AtB blog: http://atbwarehouse.blogspot.com/search/label/adventure They are mostly unfinished but can give you a starting point to come up with your own. Here's one adventure hook I've been meaning to expand and post. Someone wants to hire to the characters to se...

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Rifter #61 will include:

After the Bomb® and Heroes Unlimited™ – A host of new Mutant Animals of England. These mutants can be used in Heroes Unlimited™ and adapted to just about any Palladium world setting, including Rifts® and Phase World®, where they could be aliens rather than mutants.

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Aliens, Mad Scientists, More Mutant Animals, Ninjas

and Alternate Dimensions

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Especially since Turtles Forever pretty much canonically links the b+w comic with the 80s and 2000s cartoons. I don't know if, just because it was in TF, you can say that it is canon, but with the dimension and time hopping that happened in the original Mirage comics, you could assume that all the ...

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Since we are on the topic of Krang:
http://cheezburger.com/6719654656

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Does Krang exist as a distinct Utrom in anything besides the cartoons, archie or that rogue in the 2004 show? Like was he even in the original Mirage series? No. Krang was a creation for the 80s cartoon series and remained for the spinoff Archie comic series, and then rebooted for the 2K animated s...

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I've found that trying to play AtB in a devastated version of the real world based gets rather complicated with people who may "know" the area you are gaming in. So I've taken to having the game taking place in a "comic book" version of the world as we know it, kind of like the T...

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Use these maps for reference

Northeast Coast: http://www.palladiumbooks.com/images/Images/Articles/CuttingRoomFloor/atbmap1.jpg

Southwest Coast: http://www.palladiumbooks.com/images/Images/Articles/CuttingRoomFloor/atbmap2.jpg

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Watch Inception if you haven't already. Plenty ideas there for use with the Mind Trap. Same with Nightmare on Elm Street. This power has always seemed to me to be the most under used and over powered mutant power in the AtB game. You could almost set an entire game in the confines of a Mind Trap. Mi...

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The skill is found on page 9 of Mutants Down Under

Pilot Lighter-Than-Air Vehicles
50%+5%/level

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Thanks for the kind words. Sorry I haven't been keeping it as updated as I would like. I've been spending more time playing video games than role playing games lately.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

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There was an article in a Rifter a few years back. I forget which one though.

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I've only sent a character back in time once before, but it's an idea I've wanted to revisit again if I can ever get another group together. The "slow way" would be an interesting option and sounds like something a crazy scientist might come up with in the AtB setting. In a way it kind of ...

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TMNT and Other Strangeness was based on the original TMNT comics published by Eastman and Laird. Venus de Milo was a character created for a Live Action TMNT production called "Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation". So, as MikeM, she's canon for an alternate setting. As far as the continuity o...

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I came up with some house rules for learning and teaching skills to address this:
http://atbwarehouse.blogspot.com/2007/04/teacherinstructor.html

I also made Teaching an apprenticeship.

If anyone uses this, please let me know how it works for you.

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When I had asked this question in the past the reasoning I received from Kevin and Eric was that:

1) Characters do not receive new skills as the progress.

2) Characters aren't expected to survive that long or to exist in long campaigns.

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Peter laird is now saying that he was being sarcastic in his last post about Bay's TMNT movie. In a response to a commenter on his blog, “Did you really get out of what I wrote that I in any way, shape or form LIKE the idea of a planet of Turtles? If so, I guess I have to re-think how I express myse...

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Apparently, Peter Laird is okay with this idea: http://peterlairdstmntblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/few-musings-on-turtles-as-aliens.html Frankly, big fans of any of the "animated" TMNT series can't complain to much since every one of them have "tweaked" the TMNT universe to their ow...

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Akashic Soldier wrote:Does the Technodrome have stats and if so how badass is it?

Here you go...

http://bit.ly/zR3Hzr

http://bit.ly/yp7mpW

http://bit.ly/zTRLFT

http://bit.ly/xeDa4B

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After seeing Rise of the Planet of the Apes, I immediately started reflecting on how it compared to the revised origin for 2nd Edition After the Bomb, where it is presumed that the rise of the animals and fall of humanity was due to a genetically engineered cold virus carrying a full set of human ch...

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I would rather have a stand-alone spacefaring anthro/furry game set in its own fictional part of the megaverse. IMHO, MiO was a flawed and underwhelming sourcebook, mostly because it tried to server both Rifts and AtB settings. So, if, god-forbid, Kevin were to authorize another MiO sourcebook, it w...

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It's your game and if you want ships and space stations to have artificial gravity to simplify things, go for it. Erick and Kevin have always stated that the books are the starting foundation for any game you want to run. It's the reason they always gave me for not fleshing out more of the AtB world...

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MikeM wrote:I love the terror bears!
Although where is that first picture from? I am only familiar with that second one.

That was from the adventure published in TMNT Adventures.

There was a note at the end that this adventure could be used as a lead in for the original After the Bomb setting.

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MikeM wrote:I dont want to play a freaking care bear!

You never met the Terror Bears. Care Bears meet Freddy Kruger... *cringe*
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrible2z/2594050926/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrible2z/2105336134/

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Expect a lot of down time for healing in most AtB games. This goes for the bad guys as well. Knowing that damage taken will take a long time to heal (and may need the player to role up a new character) will usually lead to better planning and tactics in a game. Keep in mind that in AtB2, the world w...

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Perfectly legit in any Palladium game.

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Found the Author. His name is S. Andrew Swann. You can find the info for the series here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moreau_Series. I found the books at Barnes & Noble and at Amazon. Links can be found here: LINK A summary of the setting: Decades past the end of the Pan-Asian war, the United States ...

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duck-foot wrote:doesnt starfox have books?

Couldn't find anything aside from fan fiction.

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I can't find any information on The Moreau Sega. Do you know who wrote it, or a have link to where it can be found on Amazon.com?

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Well, there are some I know of. These are: The Moreau Sega. Planet of Whispers. I can't find any info on The Moreau Sega (saga?). Who wrote it? What's it about. Also, what is Planet of Whispers about? I could only find one review on Amazon.com that said it was about aliens. How does it relate to At...

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Does anyone here have any books they can recommend that would be relevant to fans of After the Bomb and/or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ? I'm currently reading the Neon City series of eBooks: Loaded , Fifteen Minutes and Chaser , by Fred T. Kerns. It's a high-tech near-future world where Chimera (an...

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